Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Demands Apology from Blogger

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong waves as he arrives for the 24th ASEAN summit at the Myanmar International Convention Center in Naypyidaw on May 11, 2014.
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Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has demanded an apology from a local blogger for a posting seen as accusing him of corruption, Lee's lawyer said.

Lawyer Davinder Singh wrote to Roy Ngerng Yi Ling on Sunday asking him to take down the original article as well as the links posted on his Facebook pages and to post an apology by Wednesday.

Mr Singh said the allegations by Ngerng in his May 15 blog post were "false and baseless".

"The article means and is understood to mean that Mr Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore and the chairman of GIC, is guilty of criminal misappropriation of the monies paid by Singaporeans to the CPF (Central Provident Fund)," Singh wrote in the letter.

GIC is a sovereign wealth fund that manages more than $100 billion of the city-state's foreign reserves. CPF is the state pension fund.

Mr Singh said the post constituted a serious libel against Mr Lee, "disparages him, and impugns his character, credit and integrity".